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Weil is representing The Sherwin-Williams Company on antitrust aspects of its proposed acquisition of The Valspar Corporation. The transaction, valued at approximately $11.3 billion, will create a premier global paints and coatings company, and is expected to close in early 2017.

Weil is advising IHS Inc. in its definitive agreement to combine with Markit Group Limited in an all-share merger of equals valued at more than $13 billion. Upon completion of the merger, the combined company will be renamed IHS Markit, and will be a global leader in critical information, analytics and solutions with headquarters in London. The deal...

Additions Represent Strategic Boost in Firm’s Services to Finance Industry Clients
McGuireWoods has expanded its nationally recognized government investigations and financial services regulatory practice with the addition of William Goydan, John Lukanski and Kiran Somashekara as partners in New York.

Fish & Richardson announced today that Richard Sterba, a principal in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, will be awarded a Distinguished Service Medal from the Linn Inn Alliance in recognition of his outstanding service in bringing the American Inns of Court (AIC) experience to the Intellectual Property (IP) law community. Sterba will be...

McGuireWoods has expanded its financial services litigation practice with new lateral partners in two cities, including a new office in San Francisco with David C. Powell joining as its first managing partner.Mary J. Hackett, who has represented some of the world’s largest banks and is a former chief litigation officer at PNC Financial...

The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, together with the global law firm Jones Day, the Jones Day Foundation, and the FGV Law School in São Paulo, will present a conference on the topic of "Rule of Law Challenges in Latin America: Corruption and Judicial Independence." The conference, which will take place on 18 and 19 April, 2016, in S...

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Daniel J. Michaels has joined the Firm's Washington Office as a partner in its Private Equity Practice. He was previously a partner in the Washington office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Stephen Hibbard has joined the Firm as a partner in its Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation (FILR) Practice and will be based in the Firm's San Francisco Office. Mr.

Thomson Reuters continues to help customers be more productive, efficient and current with its new Thomson Reuters Westlaw iPhone® mobile app and several powerful new features to Westlaw.
While Westlaw users have long had access to a device-customized mobile site, the Westlaw iPhone® app was built specifically for the Westlaw current awareness...

The New York City Bar Association, in collaboration with global law firm Linklaters LLP, today announced the launch of a new Task Force and online resource that will support good governance and transparency in the process to select the next United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG). The next UNSG will take office following the completion of current...

Fish & Richardson today announced that it has received the “Milestone Case of the Year” award from Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) for the firm’s work on behalf of clients Microsoft, Adobe, and Citrix in Williamson v. Citrix Online LLC et al. (Fed. Cir. June 16, 2015). Fish was recognized for prevailing on the Federal...

Akin Gump is pleased to announce that international trade partner Tatman Savio has been named the “Best Regulatory Lawyer of the Year’” at the Women in Compliance Awards 2016, held yesterday in London.
The Annual Women in Compliance Awards were created to recognize and celebrate “the successes and achievements of...

The New York City Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC-NYC) is pleased to announce the publicly available, video release of its All Abilities Legal Resource Group’s national event, Disabilities Inclusion in the Workplace.

Even before Bruce Jenner transitioned to Caitlyn Jenner, transgender issues have been wide open and hotly debated, particularly in California and now in the business community around the country.
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The American College of Bankruptcy announced today that San Francisco-based Sheppard Mullin partner Ori Katz will be inducted as a Fellow of the College on March 18, 2016 in Washington, D.C. The ceremony will take place at the Smithsonian Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, and will be presided over by Michael L. Cook,...

The American College of Bankruptcy announced today that San Francisco-based Sheppard Mullin partner Ori Katz will be inducted as a Fellow of the College on March 18, 2016 in Washington, D.C. The ceremony will take place at the Smithsonian Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, and will be presided over by Michael L. Cook, Chair of...

McNees is pleased to announce that attorney Timothy M. Finnerty has been recognized as the Gary Yenkowski Award recipient for 2015. The Yenkowski Award is given to a Member each year in honor of deceased McNees Partner, Gary Yenkowski. Award recipients demonstrate paramount professionalism, dedication to effective marketing and loyalty and commitment to...

Jorge Lopez Jr., a partner at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, will become the new General Counsel for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) on July 1. He will succeed Roger N. Parker, who held the role since 1998 and earlier this year announced his plan to retire after 41 years of exemplary service to MSK.

iDiscovery Solutions, Inc. (iDS), an award-winning, legal technology and information governance (IG) expert services firm, is excited to announce that its Vice President of Administrative Operations, Sharon O’Donnell, has been honored as a winner of a 2016 Executive Management Award by SmartCEO. Ms. O’Donnell, a top Human Resources...

Fish & Richardson has announced that Betty Chen has been appointed Global Hiring Principal. Chen will be in charge of hiring legal talent for all 11 of Fish’s U.S. offices, as well as its office in Munich, Germany. She previously served as recruiting principal of the firm’s Silicon Valley office.